Imagine being a grown woman and being sent to the children’s department to buy shoes for yourself!
For many pint-sized women, wearing kids shoes is their reality as New Zealand shops generally stock a size six and up.
One fine-footed woman got sick of this, so she decided to offer a 'glass slipper' to little tootsies everywhere.
The saying ‘if the shoe fits, wear it’ is easier said than done if you've got little feet like Nicky
Sizes three, four and five are hard to get.
Often shops stock only one smaller pair, if they go below a size six at all.
Nicky is not alone - many women with petite feet are forced to shop at children's shoe shops - and she was 28 before she owned a pair of high heels.
“When I was a teacher I had a really embarrassing situation happen where a pupil came up to me and she was like 12 - she said Miss Miss where did you get your shoes from? I've got some exactly the same - I went oh how embarrassing!“
And it is not just embarrassing - it is difficult.
“It got to a point where I would actually dread wedding invitations or party invitations cos I'd think oh no ,what are the smartest kind of school shoes I can wear with trousers cos obviously you cant wear dresses, you can't wear skirts with trainers.”
Fed up with shopping at the same store as her own three year old princess, Nicky decided to take action.
She has gone into the 'small shoe business'
The playroom is now a shoe storage stash and office.
She is sourcing European styles in New Zealand - sizes three to six, making them readily available to petite kiwis.
It is enough to make an average size eight lady jealous!
Seven percent of British women have shoe sizes under our six and while it is not known how many New Zealanders have small feet, Nicky is sure there is a market for her beautiful shoes.
She is running her company Indigo River from home, selling via the internet
Nicky also plans to design her own styles.